No other animal is as inexorably linked with extinction as the dodo, an odd-looking flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until the late 17th century. The arrival ...

The dodo has been extinct for more than 300 years, but that isn't stopping Dallas' Colossal Biosciences from trying to resurrect the 3-foot-tall, flightless bird. On Sept. 17, the "de-extinction" ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Flightless birds, like the dodo bird of the small Indian ...

A biotech startup is taking the first real steps towards bringing the dodo bird back from extinction. No one has seen this bird since the late 17th century, but that doesn't mean it has been forgotten ...

The slaty-masked tinamou, recently discovered in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That could be its undoing, ornithologists worry. By Joe Trezza Rotund, ground-dwelling and unafraid of humans to ...

Centuries ago, Mauritius held a world unlike anything sailors expected to find. The island sat far from major travel routes, and its wildlife evolved without outside pressure. The dodo lived at the ...